From And Don’t Come Back, 2021.
The Exhibit We Saw at the Museum Last Sunday
the painting
is quite zero for keeping the eye
occupied
owes a large apology to
the color red
is framed very nicely.
Its self-esteem
relies not so much on
a visual understanding with a viewer
as a series of numbers you both comprehend.
You find the whole package
seductive
hypnotic
and you obey the urge.
Your credit card please.
11/2/20
Claudia McGill Writes Poetry, Did You Know That? 
I like the way you describe the compelling nature of the exhibit, that way we can respond to art on an instinctive, emotional, or intellectual level and they don’t always have to be in play at once.